Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters says President Trump is 'leading himself to impeachment'

California Rep. Maxine Waters became the face of impeachment talk on Monday, when she took to talk shows and social media to say of President Trump, "This man is questionable."

The ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Service took to Twitter on Monday with a two minute video in which she describes her estimation that the president is "leading himself to impeachment."

Waters says the president "has done enough in the short period of time for questions to be raised about whether or not he is acting in the best interest of this country." The congresswoman points to his refusal to release his tax returns, ongoing committee investigations into the Russian hacking of the 2016 election and the travel ban executive order now caught up in court as examples of Trump's so-called presidential errors.

The California Democrat is building her case on possible ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president's "unconstitutional" travel ban -- which is part of what she describes as the "chaos and disruption" Trump has caused in his first weeks in office.

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"Because we are suspicious -- many of us -- about who he is, where he came from, what his actions are and all of his conflicts ... we have to find out more about him," said Waters. "And some of that, I think, leads to the possibility of impeachment and I think that's legitimate to say given everything we know at this point."

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responded to Waters' comments on Monday, calling some of Trump's actions "reckless," but noting none call for impeachment.

"When and if he breaks the law, that is when something like that will come up," Pelosi said.

The hashtag #impeachtrump has been popping up on social media for some time, and there is also a website, impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org that claims to have more than 605,000 signatures. A trending hashtag, however, is not enough to remove the 45th president from the White House.

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According to the constitution, impeachment proceedings begin when a document or "resolution calling for a committee investigation of charges against the officer in question" is introduced in the House of Representatives.

American journalist Norman Solomon also called for the House's starting the impeachment process in a Monday op-ed with The Hill, saying, Trump "has been violating the U.S. Constitution in a way that we have not seen before and should not tolerate."

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